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The 32-year-old postdoctoral researcher and astrophysicist from the Big Island is peering deep into space while helping develop next-generation technology to deliver even sharper images of the universe.

Twenty years ago, a journey began.

The weeklong education and outreach program is aimed at expanding science literacy and inspiring students in grades 3-12 to explore the fields of science, technology, engineering and math through classroom presentations, career panels, public events and more.

Journey Through the Universe — a partnership between the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, and the Hawaiʻi Department of Educati

Keiki and adults have the chance to take a “Journey Through the Universe” as educators and scientists return next month to Hilo for the 20th annual astronomy education and outreach program.

It’s the beginning of a new year and there are plenty of events happening during the next week, giving residents and visitors alike the chance to start 2024 with music, comedy and more.

A new discovery out of UCLA's Galactic Center Orbits Initiative found that stars that were once believed to come in pairs actually merge together due to a supermassive black hole. Devin Chu, a Hilo-born astronomer led a 10-year survey of young stars near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy using the Keck Observatory on Maunakea.

The stellar companions of more than a dozen stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy have gone missing, and astronomers want to know why.

Highlights from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Scientific American and others.

Scientists analyzed over a decades worth of data about 16 young supermassive stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Supermassive stars typically are formed in pairs, but the new study found that all 16 of the stars were singletons. The findings support a scenario in which the supermassive black hole drives nearby stars to either merge or be disrupted, with one of the pair being ejected from the system.